Data for this study were drawn from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2007–08 across 21 districts in four states of southern (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) and western (Maharashtra) India, identified as high epidemic states by the Indian National AIDS Control Organisation prior to the year 2005 [19].
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